Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres: all of Gaul is divided in three parts... but there were
twice the number of languages.

There were 2 main waves of Celts into Britain and Ireland. The first spoke Goidelic and this
branch of Celtic is called q-Celtic. These people may have come over during the Bronze Age; this
became the Gaelic spoken in Ireland, the Isle of Man, Scotland and Manx.

Later on came another wave around 500 BC and these people spoke Brythonic and we classify
this branch of the language as p-Celtic. This dialect became Welsh and Cornish in Britain and
Breton on the European continent.

Now I've seen some Celtic names...
how do you pronounce them?

Welsh
Letter

Usually
Sounds Like

b

b

c

c as in card

d

d

dd

th as in the

f

v

ff

f

g

g as in get

ng

as in sing

ll

hold your
mouth as if
saying l, but
breathe over
the sides of
your tongue
as if saying l,
but breathe
over the
sides of your
tongue

Nemeton - the celtic word for sacred grove/trees. How do we know? There was a Latin glossary which specifically defined it, but you can
also see it in place names like Drunemeton, Nemetobriga,
Vernemeton and Medionemeton.

A passage on the words for Magic - from Lewis Spence's Magic Arts in Celtic Britain*
"...we find that the noun employed to describe the spoken word of Magic, or the spell, among the
Gaelic-speaking Celts of ancient Scotland and Ireland was Bricht, which has been equated with the
Icelandic bragr, "poetry", that is "magical rhyme". A term commonly used among the Gaels to denote any
magical act, or sleight of sorcery is Druidheachd, which only too readily reveals the actual source of its
inspiration. The word Eolas, "knowledge", is also frequently still in use as signifying magical potency..."
*many of these older sources need to taken with a "grain of salt", but still have some valuable
information. I do not know enough yet about these languages to properly evaluate the statement; so I
left it to you to judge for yourself!